Apparatus for cleaning dishes.



No. 642,032. Patented 1an. 23, |900. J. W. WRIGHT.

APPARATUS FDR CLEANING DISHES.

(Application filed Oct. 23, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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PATENT einen,

JOHN WV. 1WRIGIIT, OF LAMPASAS, TEXAS.

APPARATUS FOR CLEANING DISHES.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,032, dated January23, 1900. Application iiled October 23, 1899. Serial No. 784,511. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN XV. VRIGHT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lam- "pasas, in the county of Lampasas and State of Texas,have invented new and useful Improvements in Apparatus forCleaningDishes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for cleaning dishes; and it has forits object to provide a novel, simple, efcient, and economical apparatusfor rapidly, effectively, and safely washing dishes in a pail or vessel.

This object is accomplished in the manner and by the means hereinafterdescribed and claimed, reference being made to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a central vertical section through thecomplete device, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a basket or holderfor the dishes.

The reference-numeral 1 indicates the pail, and 2 the reservoirdepending from the bottom thereof, which reservoir is adapted to containthe boiling water for washing dishes. The device for holding andremoving the dishes is shown in Fig. 2, and comprises two or more wirerings 3, connected by brace or upright wires 4, which latter are securedat their lower ends to a perforated plate 5. It will be seen that thisdevice is in the form of a wire basket, of which the perforated plate 5forms the bottom. Said basket is of a size to fit snugly within thepail, and when so l0- cated the perforated plate rests upon the bottomof the pail and extends over the pendent reservoir 2 thereof, as shownin Fig. l. The top ring 3 of the basket extends nearly to the top of thepail 1, and serves as a handle for placing the basket or holder with thedishes therein within the pail and for removing the saine therefromafter the dishes have been washed. Secured to the perforated plate 5 andextending upward therefrom are a series of vertical dislrsupportingframes arranged parallel to one another and separated such distanceapartthat dishes maybe inserted between them and held in an upright positionfor washing and also be prevented from moving about in the pail andbeing broken. The vertical dish-supporting frames are composed of wirebails 6, secured to the perforated plate 5. The number and arrangementof these bails may of course be varied. The

plate 5 is provided in its central portion with a circular opening,secured about the edge of which and extending upward from said plate isa lnetal cylinder or pipe 7.

The numeral 8 indicates the lid of the pail, formed on the underside ofwhich is a chamber 9, the bottom of which is perforated, as shown at 10.

The numeral 11 indicates a pump cylinder or barrel, the upper end ofwhich is rigid with the bottom of the chamber 9 and communicates withsaid chamber.

The numeral 12 indicates the pump-rod, which Works through a suitablestuffing-box in the lid and is pivotally connected to an operating leverarm or handle 13, which han dle at one end is pivotally secured to thelid by means of a link 14. Said pump-rod at its lower end carries avalve 15 of the ordinary construction, and a iiap or other valve 16 islocated in the lower end of the pump-cylinder 11. Vhen the lid is inposition on the pail, the pump-cylinder extends downward through thecylinder or pipe 7 into the reservoir 2. The pipe 7 serves to guide thepumpn cylinder and also to brace the same when in operative position.

The numeral 17 indicates a stand for the pail.

The operation will be readily understood. The basket or holder beingfilled with dishes is placed in the pail, the reservoir 2 having rstbeen filled with water, and the lid, with the pumping apparatus attachedthereto, is then placed in position. By operating the handle 13 thewater is pumped up into the chamber 9 and forced through theperforations 10 thereof upon the dishes. The water iows down and throughthe perforations in plate 5 back into the reservoir 2, while the foreignsubstance removed from the dishes is held upon said plate. As the wateris sprayed with considerable force upon the dishes, it requires but ashort time to cleanse them, especially if the water employed be vboilinghot. 'Two or more baskets or holders may be used with each machine, sothat as fast as one lot of dishes is cleansed the basket con tainingthem may be removed from the pail and the dishes allowed to drain, whilea second basket of dishes may be inserted in the pail. This arrangementwill facilitate the IOC) rapidity with Which a given number of dishesmay be cleansed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. Adish-Washing apparatus, consisting of a pail having a central pendentWater-reservoir at its bottom, a perforated plate supported on saidbottom, extending over said reservoirand having a central openingcoincident with the latter, a series of vertical dishsupporting bailssecured to and rising from said perforated bottom and separated from oneanother to receive between them the dishes to be Washed, a paillidfitting the pail and constructed With a water-chamber having aperforated bottom Wall, a Wire basket arranged in the pail and secu-redto and removable with said perforated plate, a pump-cylinder extendingthrough the central opening in the perforated plate and having its upperend communicating with the water-chamber in the pail-lid, a plungerWorking in the pumpcylinder, a rod connected with the plunger, and alever for working the rod, substantially as described.

2. A dish-washing apparatus, consisting of a pail having a centralpendent water-reservoir at its bottom, a perforated plate supported onsaid bottom, extending over said reservoir and having a central openingcoincident with the latter, an `upright pipe arranged in the center ofthe pail'andrising from the central opening of the perforated plate, aseries of vertical dish-supporting frames secured to and rising fromsaid perforated plate at opposite sides of said pipe and separated fromone another to receive between them the dishes to be Washed, a pail-liditting the pail and constructed with a Water-chamber having a perforatedbottom Wall, a Wire basket arranged in the pailand secured to andremovable With said perforated plate, a pu mp-cylinder arranged in saidpipe, extending through the central opening in the perforated plate intosaid reservoir and having its upper end communicating With theWater-chamber in the pail-lid through the perforated bottom wallthereof, a plunger Working in the pump# cylinder, a rod connected withthe plunger, and a hand-lever for Working the rod, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses. v

JOHN W. XVRIGH'F.

Witnesses:

D. G. PRINCE, T. U. SPARKS.

